English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Cowden

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wartling

Historical Forms

  • Cudenne
  • Kudenn 1296 SR
  • Coudenne 1317 FF 1332 SR

Etymology

Cowden is Cudenne n.d. Lewes 82d, Kudenn 1296 SR, Coudenne 1317 FF, 1332 SR (all p), v. cu , denn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement